Florida Memory • Benton County Mortality Schedule for the Federal Census of 1850

Florida Memory is administered by the Florida Department of State, Division of Library and Information Services, Bureau of Archives and Records Management. The digitized records on Florida Memory come from the collections of the State Archives of Florida and the special collections of the State Library of Florida.

State Archives of Florida

ArchivesFlorida.com
State Archives Online Catalog
ArchivesFlorida.com
ArchivesFlorida.com

State Library of Florida

Related Sites

Listen: The Folk Program

Description of previous item

Description of next item

Benton County Mortality Schedule for the Federal Census of 1850

Name Index

Download Citation

Source

State Archives of Florida, Series S1200

Description

Mortality schedule for the United States Census of 1850 for Benton County documenting persons who died during the year ending June 1, 1850.

Date

1850

Census Taker's Remarks

Benton County is usually considered remarkably healthy, yet it is subject to slight malarial diseases. It possesses much rich hammock lands, in which are vast quantities of quercus alba, quercus virens, juniperus virginiana, & the citrus aurantium or sour orange. Also a carbonate of lime resembling white marble; and a black loam, that of compact bitumen, which acquires great induration by moderate heat. The most of the farmers are squatters on the Public Lands and consequently cannot [the rest of the text is cut off]

Creator

United States. Department of the Interior.

Contributors

Irwin, John M.

Format

Census Records

Coverage

Florida's Early Statehood Period (1845-1861)

Subjects

Census data
Death--Causes--Statistics
Mortality

Personal Subjects

Geographic Term

Benton County (Fla.)

Page	Line	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Listed as Slave	Cause of Death
1	1	Johnson, Jasper	6 months	Male	White		Unknown
1	2	Cray, Susan E.	2 years, 6 months	Female	White		Unknown
1	3	Cray, Sarah B.	25 years	Female	White		Inflammation
1	4	Cornelia	6 years	Female	Black	Slave	Worms This could refer to any of a number of intestinal infections involving hookworms, roundworms, or similar parasites.
1	5	Hoover, George	1 year	Male	White		Diarrhea Family members, census takers, and even medical professionals often gave this as a cause of death for any disease where the deceased had suffered from a prolonged intestinal complaint and a more specific diagnosis could not be made.
1	6	Thitty	28 years	Female	Black	Slave	Brain fever
1	7	Hammock, Ledoly [?]	52 years	Female	White		Unknown
1	8	Baker, Mary E.	9 months	Female	White		Whooping cough
1	9	Gabriel	46 years	Male	Black	Slave	Over heat
1	10	Harrell, Hardiman I.	41 years	Male	White		Bilious fever
1	11	Harrell, Gabriel I.	16 years	Male	White		Bilious fever
1	12	Knight, John W.	3 years	Male	White		Worms This could refer to any of a number of intestinal infections involving hookworms, roundworms, or similar parasites.
1	13	Alexander, Sarah	52 years	Female	White		Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
1	14	Turner, Nancy	32 years	Female	White		Whooping cough
1	15	Flora	1 year	Female	Mulatto	Slave	Diarrhea Family members, census takers, and even medical professionals often gave this as a cause of death for any disease where the deceased had suffered from a prolonged intestinal complaint and a more specific diagnosis could not be made.
1	16	McMullin, Margarett	2 years	Female	White		Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
1	17	Brooker, William	18 years	Male	White		Dropsy A general term meaning the accumulation of fluid in some part of the body. A diagnosis of “dropsy” often meant the condition was prevalent throughout the body, while a case in which the accumulation of fluid was more localized might receive a more specific diagnosis. Examples include dropsy of the belly (ascites), the brain (hydrocephalus), the chest (hydrothorax), or the skin (anasarca) (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
1	18	Hill, Stacy B.	48 years	Male	White		Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
1	19	Fanny	35 years	Female	Black	Slave	Typhus fever
1	20	California	6 months	Female	Mulatto	Slave	Erysipelas A bacterial infection of the skin that sometimes spread to internal organs and the bloodstream. The disease was sometimes confused with shingles. Some cases were very mild and only caused localized symptoms and discomfort, but the condition could quickly turn more serious in the absence of modern antibiotics (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).

Title

Benton County Mortality Schedule for the Federal Census of 1850

Subject

Census data

Mortality

Death--Causes--Statistics

Description

Mortality schedule for the United States Census of 1850 for Benton County documenting persons who died during the year ending June 1, 1850.

Creator

United States. Department of the Interior.

Source

State Archives of Florida, Series S1200

Date

1850

Contributor

Irwin, John M.

Format

census records

Language

eng-US

Type

Text

Identifier

s1200_mortality_benton_1850

Coverage

Florida's Early Statehood Period (1845-1861)

Transcript

Page	Line	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Listed as Slave	Cause of Death
1	1	Johnson, Jasper	6 months	Male	White		Unknown
1	2	Cray, Susan E.	2 years, 6 months	Female	White		Unknown
1	3	Cray, Sarah B.	25 years	Female	White		Inflammation
1	4	Cornelia	6 years	Female	Black	Slave	Worms
1	5	Hoover, George	1 year	Male	White		Diarrhea
1	6	Thitty	28 years	Female	Black	Slave	Brain fever
1	7	Hammock, Ledoly [?]	52 years	Female	White		Unknown
1	8	Baker, Mary E.	9 months	Female	White		Whooping cough
1	9	Gabriel	46 years	Male	Black	Slave	Over heat
1	10	Harrell, Hardiman I.	41 years	Male	White		Bilious fever
1	11	Harrell, Gabriel I.	16 years	Male	White		Bilious fever
1	12	Knight, John W.	3 years	Male	White		Worms
1	13	Alexander, Sarah	52 years	Female	White		Consumption
1	14	Turner, Nancy	32 years	Female	White		Whooping cough
1	15	Flora	1 year	Female	Mulatto	Slave	Diarrhea
1	16	McMullin, Margarett	2 years	Female	White		Consumption
1	17	Brooker, William	18 years	Male	White		Dropsy
1	18	Hill, Stacy B.	48 years	Male	White		Consumption
1	19	Fanny	35 years	Female	Black	Slave	Typhus fever
1	20	California	6 months	Female	Mulatto	Slave	Erysipelas

Collection ID

Subject - Person

Johnson, Jasper, ca.1850-ca.1850

Cray, Susan E., ca.1848-ca.1850

Cray, Sarah B., ca.1825-ca.1850

Cornelia, ca.1844-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

Hoover, George, ca.1849-ca.1850

Thitty, ca.1822-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

Hammock, Ledoly [?], ca.1798-ca.1850

Baker, Mary E., ca.1850-ca.1850

Gabriel, ca.1804-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

Harrell, Hardiman I., ca.1809-ca.1850

Harrell, Gabriel I., ca.1834-ca.1850

Knight, John W., ca.1847-ca.1850

Alexander, Sarah, ca.1798-ca.1850

Turner, Nancy, ca.1818-ca.1850

Flora, ca.1849-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

McMullin, Margarett, ca.1848-ca.1850

Brooker, William, ca.1832-ca.1850

Hill, Stacy B., ca.1802-ca.1850

Fanny, ca.1815-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

California, ca.1850-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

ImageID

s1200_mortality_benton_1850_01

Thumbnail

/FMP/mortality-census/thumbnails/s1200_mortality_benton_1850.jpg

Geographic Term

Benton County (Fla.)

orginating_agency_remarks

Chicago Manual of Style

United States. Department of the Interior. Benton County Mortality Schedule for the Federal Census of 1850. 1850. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/345648>, accessed 30 November 2024.

MLA

United States. Department of the Interior. Benton County Mortality Schedule for the Federal Census of 1850. 1850. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/345648>

AP Style Photo Citation

(State Archives of Florida/United States. Department of the Interior.)

Benton County Mortality Schedule for the Federal Census of 1850

Florida Memory is a digital outreach program providing free online access to select archival records from collections housed in the State Library and Archives of Florida. Florida Memory digitizes materials that illuminate the state's history and culture.

Additional Links

Florida Memory is funded under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Florida's LSTA program is administered by the Department of State's Division of Library and Information Services.

For FY2024-25, the percentage of total costs for the Florida Memory program financed with federal money is 66%; the federal dollar amount to be spent on the program is $614,955. This program does not receive any non-governmental funding.

State Archives of Florida

State Library of Florida

Related Sites

Reconstruction era voting records

Florida's first automobile registrations

Milestones in Florida's political framework

Letters, ephemera and other historical records

Documenting Florida's chief executive officers

Description of previous item

Description of next item

Benton County Mortality Schedule for the Federal Census of 1850

Source

Description

Date

Census Taker's Remarks

Creator

Contributors

Format

Coverage

Subjects

Personal Subjects

Geographic Term

Title

Subject

Description

Creator

Source

Date

Contributor

Format

Language

Type

Identifier

Coverage

Transcript

Collection ID

Subject - Person

ImageID

Thumbnail

Geographic Term

orginating_agency_remarks

Chicago Manual of Style

MLA

AP Style Photo Citation